This year the lodge awarded $14,600 in scholarships to 11 high school seniors, including nine winners from the Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student Scholarship program and two winners of the Brighton Lodge #1586 scholarships.

As part of the program, the lodge received 34 applications from all six high schools in the lodge area.

The winners were:

• Arianna Deigadillo, of Brighton Heritage Academy, who won the $600 ENF Most Valuable Student award. She plans to attend Colorado State University.

• Bernadette Larson, of Brighton High School, received the Brighton Lodge #1586 Scholarship ($500 per semester for up to eight semesters);. She plans to attend the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs.